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Every medication can have severe and permanent side effects, the question is how often that occurs for a particular drug, and how that stacks up against the qua
by konmok 11mo ago
Every medication can have severe and permanent side effects, the question is how often that occurs for a particular drug, and how that stacks up against the quality-of-life improvement from taking that drug.
- piperswe 11mo agoAnd whether patients are properly informed of the risks (I was not)
- BjoernKW 11mo ago> Every medication can have severe and permanent side effects SSRIs are by an order of a magnitude worse than any other common medication in that respect. Moreover, like I said there's little evidence these drugs actually achieve any quality-of-life improvement beyond a placebo effect.
- ckw 11mo agoSSRIs are very bad, but antipsychotics are worse. There are many other reasons, but a demonstrative one is that there is a cumulative annual risk as high as 7% of developing a permanent movement disorder when on them.
- phatskat 11mo agoTD is no joke! It was really hard for my ex to have to choose between anti-psychs and the potential side effects, or exceedingly strong paranoia with incredibly lucid hallucinations - I did not envy her position